Gretchen+Hall,+Mardy+McGaw

Room: **Empire D**

= Finding and Creating Global Collaborations featuring Skype, Ustream, and Epals =

= **Gretchen Hall** =
 * **Cedar Crest High School**
 * **Cornwall-Lebanon School District**
 * **CFF Coach**
 * ghall@clsd.k12.pa.us

= **Mardy McGaw** =
 * **Conestoga Valley High School**
 * **Conestoga Valley School District**
 * **K-12 Technology Integration Coach**
 * Mardy_McGaw@cvsd.k12.pa.us

http://infolibrarian.wikispaces.com/Skype

In this session you will learn various methods to find collaborative partners from around the world and then create a virtual environment for the collaboration to take place.
 * Participants will be able to to text Skype, voice Skype, video Skype, and share screen Skype.
 * Participants will be able to set up a UStream account that they can utilize when they return to their district.
 * Participants will be able to set up an Epals account that they can utilize when they return to their district.
 * Participants will know how to use other methods to set up collaborations with other classes or persons of interest (examples: email, twitter, coaches listserv, facebook).